Organic light-emitting diodes using a novel family of amorphous molecular materials containing an oligothiophene moiety as colour-tunable emitting materials

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作者
Noda, T [1 ]
Ogawa, H [1 ]
Noma, N [1 ]
Shirota, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] Osaka Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Appl Chem, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan
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10.1039/a902800e
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A novel family of amorphous molecular materials containing an oligothiophene moiety with varying conjugation length function as thermally and morphologically stable, colour-tunable emitting materials for organic light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Tuning of the emission colour from light blue to orange is achieved by varying the conjugation length of the oligothiophene moiety. Double-layer organic LEDs that use this novel class of amorphous molecular materials as an emitting layer and tris(quinolin-8-olato)aluminium or 1,3,5-tris[5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl]benzene as an electron-transport layer exhibit high performances.
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页码:2177 / 2181
页数:5
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